Rejoinder - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈdʒɔɪndər|
Brit.
|rɪˈdʒɔɪndə|
noun
- a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one) (syn: comeback, counter, replication, retort, return, riposte)
it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
- (law) a pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replicationExtra examples
The article was a stinging rejoinder to her critics.
...he always has a smart-aleck rejoinder to everything...
He tried to think of a snappy rejoinder.
Word forms
noun
singular: rejoinder
plural: rejoinders
singular: rejoinder
plural: rejoinders
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